Spool-box



(No Model.)

P. GOOD.

sPooL B0X.

No. 437,688. Patented Oct. 7, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

PETER GOOD, OF VILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPOOL-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 437,688, dated October 7, 1890.

Application filed July 14, 1890. Serial No. 358,723. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER GOOD, of Vilkes- Barre, in the county of Luzerne, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Spool Holders and Thread-Cutters, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to devices for holding a number of spools of thread, provided with means for holding the ends of the thread oonvenient for use.

The object of my invention is to produce an inclosed spool-holder, holding a number of spools Within an inclosed box, having a removable cover and openings through which the threads pass from the spools, and also having a thread-holder for each spool upon the exterior of the box.

My invention consists in the several novel featuresof construction hereinafter described, and which are specifically set forth in the claim hereto annexed. It is constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a side elevation. Eig. 2 is a vertical section. Fig. 3 is a top plan of the bottom part of the box, showing the manner in which the sections comprising the upper part of the sides overlap each other when the cover is put on. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the boX complete.

The box consists of two parts-a cover l, and a body 2. The lower edge of the cover iiares outward, as at 3, and 4C are thread-hold ers consisting of strips of sheet metal, having one end secured to the cover and having their free ends bent inward, substantially as shown at 5. These may be secured upon the body, if desired. Within the body I erect spindles G-oue for each spool--consisting of a piece of wire, which lits freely in the hole in the spool. The upper part of the body is provided with slits 7, each opening downward into a threadhole 8, and one edge of each slit is slightly sprung inward, so that when the cover is put on the wedging of the flare 3 will cause the edges of the slit to overlap slightly, thereby closing the slits, holding the cover on snugly, but leaving the holes open. When the cover is removed, The spools can be readily placed upon the spindles, the ends of the threads drawn down through the slits into the holes, the cover put on, closing the slits, and the threads then drawn into the angles of the holders, with the ends hanging down ready for use.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A spool-case consisting of a body provided with vertical slits in its upper edge, one edge of each slit being sprung inward, so that the cover will cause the edges of the slits to overlap, the lower end of said slits terminatingin an annular opening, spindles erected within the body, in combination with the cover provided with a fia-ring lower edge inclosing the body and closing the slits, as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of July, 1890.

PETER GOOD. In presence of H. P. DENIsoN, E. V. MACK. 

